Smyrna times., 1887-01-05
mi NJ. For the Smyrna Times
Inc Ohlnese Question Again.
EAST LAS VEGAS, New NTEv1co

q December 16, 1886.
EDITOR TINES, Dear Sir.-Eroloao.
nnd copy of the Pacific Coast BoycoJte,
: volume ?, No. 13. Read article marie,
. on first and second pages
And yet Mr.. Baldwin wonld d.....
10 himself the privilege of disnnfin,
what we have said about the conditio,
oI Affairs in California, with refarono
to the Chinese, with view to delnd,
the people of his own section of conntrv
We care nothing for this 'sinco -,
are sustained by the people of Cali
iornla, but we do object to the minis,
remarks he makes by which he seal,s
70 stigmatize an honest class of white
iaDoring people who by their labor and
INDUSTRY have grown rich and buiIt nm
one OF the grandest cities that orooos
'ne giooe. l refer to the third nara
graph OF his article, published in tho
ZINES October Goth. In that articlo ho
assumes that 81 know that n small
percentage of the Chinese, in pronor-
Vioh TO their numbers, are in iail - and
VnaC know that the San Francisco
Guy ana county hospital had in one
car (aoes not state Chat vear) 3O8
Irlshmen to 68 Cinnamon. and that, ~
alhshouse had l97 Irishmen and not q
single Chinaman." Now the fact Is 7
40 not know anything of the kind bpt
l know that San Francisco has. in nro.
portion to its population, more wealthy
lrlshmen who can count their millions
OF dollars in money, city propertv
steamship and railroad stocks. hank
and other stocks than any citv in tho
states as for instance, Mackey. O'Brien
sharon, Flood, DOnahoe, and a host of
other who ibegan with the pick and
shovel, and to-day some of whom wo
nave mentioned have passed from
earth, leaving behind them living mon
uments of human industry. The Palace
Hotel, the largest in the.world. erected
by Sharon; the most beautiful steam
ship on the Pacific Coast, built bv Don.
ohue; large number of private resi-
uences costing over one million dollars
each; and at present Mr. Sutter is nre-
parlng to arrange what is designed TO
De IN the way Of pleasure gardens the
grandest in the world; also, the Cable
Railway, built by Leland Stanford
who has a private residence COSTING
over one million, together with Charles
Crocker and Mrs. Mark Hopkins resi-
dences; ct al, too numerous to mention
all more or less Irish and of Irish
extraction.
In view of all these facts, which is
out a meagre index to what could be
said in favor of the Irish people. not
simply of San Francisco alone. but all
over the United States; yet Mr.. Bald
win would eulogize the heather Chinese
and stigmatize the Irish, by his attemnt
at giving in comparison criminal sta
lstlcs between the two races.
Now as to what he has to saw. ouot-
ing from Dewitt Talmage. in his com.
that underground New York
lie is fifty per cent. worse than China
own" This l know nothing abont
md as New York was not the citv 9
complained of by Californians. but it I
vas San Francisco. presume all our
'ities have their bad characters, Boston I
Included; therefore it is unfair to bring ]
n question any other State than the i
State of California. q
Now with reference to his last mar i
graph, where he criticises our rhetoric Y
nd in his concluding remarks saws. {
Any man who adds by word of mouth b
pen to the prejudices against them 1
the Chinese) is doing Satan's work. e
&C." The fact is, were I or ever had c
cen Instrumental all these long years, p
nee the beginning of the Christian S
ra, or since the Inauguration of the S,
1stem of sending missionaries to G
eathen lands, with a view of having B
lem become better people, with no a,
etter results than has been by them al
lth the Chinese, would feel ashamed. n
simply shows that it has been labor
vain, and you would have about as
uch success in your attempt to bi
those millions of worship W
s of COnfucius as yeu would in ye
inging a dead man to life by tickling pa
e bottom of his foot with a straw. ye
Yours, &c, tu